Sovereign Node – The key to taking back the internet
A sovereign node is not a gadget.
It is an act of resistance.
It is a Raspberry Pi, an old laptop, a mini-server or a NAS running 24/7 in your meter cupboard, attic or under your desk, declaring:
“I own my own piece of the internet.
Not Microsoft.
Not the government.
Not the cloud provider.
I do.”
Technical definition
A device that:
• is fully managed by you (no remote management by anyone else),
• is permanently connected to the open internet or a mesh network,
• runs open protocols (IPFS · Matrix · Nostr · Yggdrasil · LoRa · etc.),
• stores your data locally and makes it available to others,
• keeps working as soon as you plug it back in — no one else required.
What happens if we do this en masse?
If 35 % of Dutch households run a sovereign node (3 million nodes with 4 TB each), we create 12 exabytes of distributed storage.
More than enough for all Dutch data traffic — many times over.
The hyperscale data centres in Wieringermeer, Hollands Kroon and the Eemshaven?
Technically and economically redundant.
Politically a naked power grab.
Local mesh networks in the Netherlands (2025 – already real and growing)
- Amsterdam Mesh – >600 nodes on rooftops and balconies, completely independent of Ziggo/KPN
- Freifunk Friesland / Drenthe – hundreds of nodes in rural areas
- Guifi-net Twente – 200+ nodes in the Achterhoek, often faster
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